6o4 Home Nature-Study Course. 



BOOKS REFERRED TO IN THE LESSONS OF THE HOME 

 NATURE-STUDY COURSE 1907-08. 



TREES. 



" The Tree Book,'' Rogers, Doubleday, Page & Co., $4.00. This magnificent 

 work includes interesting and vahiable accounts of North American trees. It is 

 written in delightful style and is a mine of valuable and useful knowledge; illus- 

 trated by photographs. 



" Our Native Trees," Keeler, Scribner's, $2.00. This is a reliable and valu- 

 able manual of our northern trees and shrubs; illustrated by photographs. 



" Familiar Trees and Their Leaves," Mathews, Appleton, $1.75. An excellent 

 discussion of our common trees with many good drawings bj- the author. 



" Guide to the Trees," Lounsbury, Frederick A. Stokes, $1.75. This is a 

 pleasant account of our northern trees with many colored illustrations. 



" With the Trees," Going, Baker, Taylor Co., $1.00. This deals in an interest- 

 ing manner with the life-histories of trees. 



"First Book of t^orestry," Roth, Ginn & Co., $1.00. A book written by a 

 practical forester and giving in simple summaries the theory and practice of 

 forestry. It should be in every school librar}-, and in the library of every farm 

 home, as it deals practically with farm forestry. 



" Practical Forestry," Gifford, D. Appleton & Co., $1.20. This gives an 

 interesting outlook on the whole subject of forestry. 



" First and Second Primers of Forestry," Pinchot, Bulletins, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. These two admirable little books are published by the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture for the sake of developing an understanding of 

 the practice and needs of forestry in the United States. They may be obtained 

 through the congressman of your district and should be- in school libraries. 



" Commercial Geography," Redway, Scribner's, $1.25. In this may be found 

 valuable accounts of the uses and manufacture of certain kinds of woods. 



PLANTS. 



" Corn Plants," Sargent, Houghton, JNIifflin & Co., $.60. A valuable account 

 of the history and natural history of maize, wJicat, oats, etc. 



" Columbia's Emblein," Houghton, Mifflin & Co., $.50. Poems and literature 

 concerning maize. 



" Field Book of American Wild Flowers," Mathews, Putnam's, $1.75. This 

 is a superbly illustrated little volume, which may be slipped into the pocket, and 

 contains excellent, short accounts of the habits of all our wild flowers. 



" Nature's Garden," Blanchan, Doubleday, Page Co., $4.00. This fine volume 

 of the Nature scries is beautifully illustrated with colored pictures and contains 

 most interesting accounts of our common flowers. 



" The Flower Garden," Bennett, McClure, $2.00. A helpful book in the 

 growing of flowers. 



"Lessons with Plants," Bailey, MacMillan Co., $1.10. This contains instruc- 

 tive lessons on plant form and growth. 



" Potato Culture," Farmers' Bulletin No. 35, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 and " Onion Culture," Farmers' Bulletin No. 39, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 

 These two bulletins will be found of great use in the children's school garden work. 



" The Child's own Book of Wild Flowers," Comstock, American Book Co., 

 $.25. A child's book of nature-study with six, connnon spring flowers. 



TEXT BOOKS OF AGRICULTURE. 



" First Book of Farming," Goodrich, Doubleday, Page & Co., $1.00. 



" Agriculture," Jackson and Doherty, Orange Judd Co., $1.50. 



" Elements of Agriculture," Sever, Heath & Co., $.50. 



"Rural School Agriculture," Hayes, MacGill Warner & Co., St. Paul. 



" Farmers' Cyclopedia on Agriculture," Orange Judd Co., $3.00. 



"Elementary Agriculture," Ginn & Co., Burkett, Stevens and Hill, $1.00. 



BIRDS. 

 Audubon Educational Leaflets, Audubon Society, 525 Manhattan Ave., New 

 York City. These admirable leaflets may be had upon application to the Audu- 

 bon Society. They are filled with interesting information, and should be in the 

 hands of every teacher in New York State. 



